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Educational materials include resources for children and adolescents, such as children's books, textbooks, lesson plans, activities, games, and online resources on disaster prevention and school safety.

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Play and learn to stop disasters: This online game teaches adults and children how to build safer villages and cities against disasters. Users learn through playing how the location and the construction materials of houses make a difference when disasters strike and how early warning systems, evacuation plans and education save lives.

You can also explore the topic guide on games for disaster risk reduction.

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Ninth national earthquake and safety drill in Iranian schools

Collection of photos from the Ninth National Earthquake and Safety Drill, organized by the International Institute of Earthquake and Engineering (IIEES) on November 29, 2007. This drill has been conducted since 1966 and now involves 14.5 million students

International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
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The alert rabbit

Save the Children Sweden has recently published a book entitled The Alert Rabbit. The Alert Rabbit colouring book is a result of a collaborative effort between Baan Talae Nok School and the Rabatbai Group in Ranong Province, Thailand, under Save the

Save the Children International
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Volcano daily

Volcano Daily is a UNISDR publication to raise awareness among young people of the dangers that volcanoes represent and, in particular, all the measures that can be undertaken to prevent and protect against volcanic disaster. The subject was chosen as

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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El popocatepetl
Kokone
Educational materials
Diwali Fire Safety

Fire safety regulations regarding the festival of Diwali

Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority
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Our Life And the Sea

Song about Tsunami Safety

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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School safety: a film on disaster preparedness in schools

A 14 minute DVD film showing what children have learned about earthquake dangers and how they respond to drills in Himachal Pradesh, India. In local language, but with English subtitles.

Sustainable Environmental and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)
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Empieza en la escuela

The video shows how school children in Central America have been affected by the impact of natural hazards. Their education suffers when schools are turned into temporary shelters, often for an extended period of time. Education in disaster preparedness

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean